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A year after Billy Eichner left TruTV and took his show Billy on the Streetwith him, he is coming back with new episodes of his popular man-on-the-street series.
The eight short-form web-only episodes hail from Billy on the Street producer Funny Or Die, in partnership with Lyft Entertainment. The list of celebrities…

UPDATE with truTV statement: Billy Eichner’s Billy on the Street is leaving truTV after two years, Deadline has confirmed, but the show is not going away.
“We can confirm that new episodes of Billy on the Street will not be returning to truTV, a network spokesperson said in a statement. “The show is deceptively…

EXCLUSIVE:Billy on the Street star Billy Eichner has signed on for a four-episode arc on Netflix’s upcoming comedy series Friends From College.
Starring Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smolders and Fred Savage, the series follows Ethan and Lisa Turner, a couple recently returned to New York City who reunites with their…

Following the two-ring circus of the political conventions, it's surprising that TV journalists at TCA did not pepper Billy Eichner — star of truTV's wacky unscripted series Billy on the Street — with questions about the events.
After all, Eichner's the one who summed up Trump's 74-minute acceptance speech on The Lat…

TruTV said at TCA today that some big names will pop up in the upcoming season of Billy on the Street, which bows in the fall. The sketch series has lined up Emmy winners Jon Hamm and John Oliver, Oscar winner Lupita N’yong’o, Aziz Ansari and Seth Rogen, among others, for Season 5 appearances.
The Funny or…

Hulu has acquired exclusive SVOD rights to the first five seasons of truTV’s popular variety sketch series Funny or Die-produced Billy on the Street. This marks the first truTV series licensed to Hulu and builds on Hulu’s 2015 licensing deal with Turner.
Beginning July 10, all 42 episodes from the first four seasons…

UTA has signed actor-comedian Billy Eichner, the star, executive producer and creator of truTV’s Funny or Die-produced variety sketch series Billy on the Street. Eichner also stars opposite Julie Klausner on the Hulu original comedy series Difficult People, executive produced by Amy Poehler, which is returning for a se…

TruTV has renewedBilly On The Street for a fifth season and ordered an additional 14 episodes for the first season of hit investigative comedy Adam Ruins Everything. Both series launched under the network’s recent comedy-focused brand refresh and earned top 10 rankings among cable nets for adults 18-34. In addition…

TruTV is expanding its original programming slate, greenlighting three new series, renewing two programs and announcing development of two new unscripted series.
The program pickup news comes a year after truTV recast itself as a comedy network. Announcing last month that it was cutting the ad load on its schedule…